John 4:13 - Exposition

Jesus answered and said to her— leaving the question of his superiority to "our father Jacob" to be settled when she should understand him better— Every one who drinketh ( is in the habit of drinking ) from this water, or any similar fountain, will thirst again. Earthly desires obtain temporary satisfaction, and then resume their sway. Our whole life is made up of intermittent desires and partial satisfaction, of passion and satiation, of ennui and then of some new longing. This flow and ebb, ebb and flow, of desire belong to the very nature of human appetite. More than that, human desire is never really satiated. Our souls can never be at rest till they find rest in God. This water, even from the well of Jacob, is no exception to the rule.